Tag: foreign culture
Paranoia or protectionism? North Korea’s dangerous game with Chinese returnees
North Korean authorities have recently intensified surveillance and control of Chinese residents in the country. After lifting strict border controls post-COVID-19, many Chinese who...
Fearing defections, N. Korea intensifies surveillance along border after flooding
North Korean authorities, fearing potential defections, have intensified surveillance and restrictions on relief workers brought to rebuild areas damaged by flooding along the Chinese...
N. Korean youth secretly learn tech skills to access outside world
Despite strict controls, young North Koreans are increasingly seeking computer and information technology skills, driven by curiosity about the outside world.
A source in North...
Chongjin intensifies street-level inspections of mobile phones
Mobile phone inspections and body searches of young residents of Chongjin have recently become more intense than ever. North Korean authorities appear to be...
Young N. Koreans flaunt government laws aimed at stamping out foreign...
North Hamgyong Province's municipal and county-level party committees are intensifying ideological crackdowns against young people as the end-of-the-year approaches, Daily NK has learned.
“Even if...
N. Korean government review finds that many violators of state secrets...
Members of the Ministry of State Security (MSS) are tasked with protecting state secrets, but a review of violators of the 2023 State Secrets...
N. Korean military pushes back hard on “invasion of foreign culture”...
Room 79 of the General Political Bureau's Publishing Censorship Department recently initiated a sweeping crackdown on what it calls the “invasion of foreign culture"...
Dozens of N. Koreans arrested for involvement in “impure recording” distribution...
Six ringleaders and about 20 accomplices were recently stood before a public struggle session in Yangdok County, South Pyongan Province, for importing and distributing...
N. Korean enforcers of anti-reactionary thought law earn public ire due...
North Korea law enforcement agencies are earning public ire by punishing individuals or groups that violate the nation’s law to eradicate “reactionary thought and...
Pyongyang authorities stop young people at random to inspect their cell...
North Korean authorities have recently begun stopping young people at random on the streets of Pyongyang to inspect their cell phones, examining call histories,...
